Dataset title: Mean Seagrass Epiphyte Accumulation for Florida Bay, South Florida (FCE) from December 2000 to September 2001 Dataset ID: ST_PP_Frankovich_002 Research type: Physical Dataset Creator Name: Mr. Thomas Frankovich Position: Project Post Doctoral Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida Bay Interagency Science Center 98630 Overseas Highway Key Largo, Florida 33037 USA Phone: 305-852-2668 Email: frankovich@virginia.edu URL: http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/ Metadata Provider Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Phone: 305-348-6054 Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: https://fcelter.fiu.edu Dataset Abstract Total epiphyte and epiphyte chlorophyll-a loads were measured from artificial seagrass leaves (Mylar) deployed for periods up to the approximate Thalassia leaf turnover period. Data were collected in Florida Bay, within Everglades National Park. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the FCE Florida Bay research sites within Everglades National Park, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: TS/Ph9 West bounding coordinate: -80.48978207 East bounding coordinate: -80.48978207 North bounding coordinate: 25.17692874 South bounding coordinate: 25.17692874 Geographic description: TS/Ph10 West bounding coordinate: -80.68097374 East bounding coordinate: -80.68097374 North bounding coordinate: 25.02476744 South bounding coordinate: 25.02476744 Geographic description: TS/Ph11 West bounding coordinate: -80.93798347 East bounding coordinate: -80.93798347 North bounding coordinate: 24.91293492 South bounding coordinate: 24.91293492 FCE LTER Sites: TS/Ph9, TS/Ph10, TS/Ph11 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 2000-12-27 End Date: 2001-09-16 Data Table Entity Name: ST_PP_Frankovich_002 Entity Description: Mean Seagrass Epiphyte Accumulation for Florida Bay, South Florida (FCE) Object Name: ST_PP_Frankovich_002.csv Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: SITENAME Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: Name of LTER site Storage Type: Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: DeploymentDate Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Deployment Date Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: HarvestDate Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Harvest Date Storage Type: Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: GrowthPeriod Attribute Label: time Attribute Definition: Growth Period Storage Type: Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Total_Epiphyte_Load_Mean Attribute Label: load Attribute Definition: Total Epiphyte Load Mean Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: milligramsPerSquareCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Total_Epiphyte_Load_Mean_se Attribute Label: standard error Attribute Definition: Total Epiphyte Load Mean Standard Error Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: milligramsPerSquareCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Epiphyte_Chlorophyll_a_Load_Mean Attribute Label: load Attribute Definition: Epiphyte Chlorophyll a Load Mean Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microgramsPerSquareCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Epiphyte_Chlorophyll_a_Load_Mean_se Attribute Label: standard error Attribute Definition: Epiphyte Chlorophyll a Load Mean Standard Error Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: microgramsPerSquareCentimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded) Attribute Name: Epiphyte_Composition_Notes Attribute Label: notes Attribute Definition: Epiphyte Compostion Notes Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Season Attribute Label: time Attribute Definition: Season Sample Collected Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: text Missing Value Code: Methods Sampling Description Monitoring of epiphyte accumulations on Mylar leaves. At approximate 2-week intervals 6 Mylar leaves harvested. Total epiphyte load and epiphyte chlorophyll-a determined for each leaf. Arrays (0.25m2) of Mylar leaves placed at study sites. Method Step Description Total epiphyte and epiphyte chlorophyll load analysis (Frankovich and Fourqurean, 1997) References: Frankovich, T. A. , J. W. Fourqurean. 1997. Seagrass epiphyte loads along a nutrient availability gradient, Florida Bay, USA.. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. , 159: 37-50. Instrumentation Shimadzu filter fluorometer Quality Control Balances routinely calibrated and standard curves generated for chlorophyll determination. Distribution Online distribution: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1154/3/27ab3ff1df0e6bdac7a4a2d8db0239f7 Intellectual Rights This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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Dataset Keywords primary production FCE Florida Coastal Everglades LTER ecological research long-term monitoring Florida Bay Everglades National Park seagrass epiphytes chlorophyll a load growth period leaves seasonality accumulation nutrients ecosystems growth Data Submission Date: 2002-02-15 Maintenance knb-lter-fce.1154.3: Updated metadata to EML 2.2.0, added creator ORCID and organization ROR ids, updated project information with award elements, added .csv extension to data file name (no changes to data) Dataset Contact Name: Thomas Frankovich Position: FCE LTER Post Doctoral Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Address: Florida Bay Interagency Science Center 98630 Overseas Highway Key Largo, Florida 33037 USA Phone: 305-852-2668 Email: frankovich@virginia.edu URL: http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/ Position: Information Manager Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Address: Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, OE 148 Miami, FL 33199 USA Email: fcelter@fiu.edu URL: https://fcelter.fiu.edu Project permits LTER permit number EVER-2001-SCI-0071. Dataset Submission Date 2002-02-15 Data Submission Notes Representative algal species deposited in UVA Barley Herbarium (pressed samples and digital photomicrographs) references-Littler and Littler 2000, Taylor, 1960. Total epiphyte load mean= the mean of the dry weight of epiphyte material/ area of Mylar leaf surface (2-sided) for a site at a specific harvest date and growth period, Total epiphyte load mean se = the standard error for Total epiphyte load mean; Epiphyte chlorophyll-a load mean = the mean of the chl-a (ug)/area of Mylar leaf surface (2-sided) for a site at a specific harvest date and growth period, Epiphyte chlorophyll-a load mean se = the standard error for Epiphyte chlorophyll-a load mean. Information Management Notes This is a short-term primary productionl dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of ST_PP_Frankovich_002 original. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.